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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 16, 2024 at 1:33 pm

   Points won by each set: | 29-22, 45-41 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   23 % Murray – 17 of 73
   17 % Djokovic – 11 of 64

   A breakthrough win for Murray, who was ranked 9th in the world being at the level of players like Gasquet, Monfils, Tsonga or Berdych in the context of potential achievements. In that night session encounter against the defending champion who had beaten him in their four meetings before (three times in a row without any troubles), Murray showed skills allowing to perceive him as a Big 4 member. Admittedly Murray lost the following day to Nadal, but another week brought his first Masters 1K title (Murray defeated Djokovic again, in the final) and the Scot was winning more matches than anyone else for several months (until clay-court season of 2009) – it was a period when he could be expected as a player who would be more successful than Djokovic!
   In their Toronto encounter, Murray raced to a 3:0* lead, but had saved break points in two opening service games. In the 2nd set he already led 4:2* (40/30) when the Serb played his lone serve-and-volley action. Then Murray faced a set point at 4:5 risking his second serve to force an error in an 8-stroke rally. In the tie-break Djokovic [3] made two costly backhand dropshot errors and lost it 3/7 after missing relatively easy forehand volley on the third match point. That victory was very important for Murray also in terms of the tight 2nd set; even though their rivalry Djokovic ultimately won 25-11, every time when the score hit 5-all, he wasn’t a clear favorite to grab the set, winning 14 sets of this type while losing 18 (including tie-breaks: 8-8).

   Serve & volley: Murray 0, Djokovic 1/1

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